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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONOERN:

Be it known that I, ROBERT ELLIOTT, of the city of Chester, county ofDelaware, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulDevicel for Joining Railroad-Rails; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, forming part hereof, and to theseveralletters marked thereon, in which drawings- Figure 1 is an elevation ofthe cross-tie, and also of the outside of two railroad-rails asjoined bymy said device.

Figure 2 is a transvere vertical section of the cross-tie, andanelevation of the inside of said rails as joined by my said device.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section of the cross-tie, and of arail, and of my device as applied thereto.

My device is intended to take the place of what is generally knownamongst railroad-constructors as a joint-block.

I denominate my said device a railroad-rail -joiner. It consists ofwrought-iron flanged plates, formed as hereinafter described, andapplied both to the inside and outside of the rails of a railroad, seasto overlap the 'joint or point where two contiguous rails meet, thewhole being firmly bound together by bolts and burrs, which -sented intig. 3.

latter are secured .in their places by guard-plates, as hereinafterdescribed.'

To enable others skilled in the-art to make and use my invention, I willproceed. to describe its construction and mo'de of operation, similarletters being employed to designate corresponding parts in the severalviews.

In the drawings, A and B represent two railroadrails, the ends of whichmeet at a. C is the cross-tie. These parts are vin the ordinary form. Dis a double plate of wrought iron, overlapping the joint a on theoutside of the rails A and I3, and having two flanges, e and e', one ofwhich, e, projects underneath the rails between them and the cross-tie,and the other, e', projects outwardly, and rests upon the cross-tie C,to which it is spiked, as shown in tig. 3. E is a double plate ofwrought iron, similar to the plate D, overlapping thejoint a on theinside of the rails A and B, and having two anges, fZ- and d', one ofwhich, d, projects underneath the rails, between them and the cross-tie,and the other, d', projects outwardly, and rests upon the cross-tie C,to which it is spiked, as shown in tig. 3. The plates D and E are curvedor arched, so as to conform to the shape ofthe sides of the rails, asshown in tig. 3. F is an iron bolt, which is passed through the platesand rail, :is shown in fig. 3. j' is the head of the bolt. g is a burr,screwed on the end of the bolt. 71, is a washer, interposed between theburr g and plate E. G is a plate of sheet iron, which has aperturesin itto correspond with the burrs employed, the plate G being turned downover the burrsfso that the latter fit into the apertures, as shown in g.3, the burr bein-g thus prevented from turning and working oit` of thebolt. His also a plate of sheet iron, which is turned-down over theheads of thcfbolts, as shown in g. 3, to prevent the bolt from workingout of place. f I

While the plates D and E are being applied to the rails, theguard-.plates G and H stand upright until the bolt and burr areadjusted, when said plates are turned down, so as to guard bothbelt'head and burr, as repre- It is not necessary that the aperturesformed in the plate G should conform exactly to the shape and size ofthe burrs, provided these apertures t the burrs nearly enough to preventthem from turning when this plato is in its proper place.

I prefer to make each. of the two plates D and E of a single sheet of(fg) three-eighths of an inch thick wrought iron doubled, and doubledover again at the top, as shown in iig. 3, to secure strength. Twoseparate sheets, however, might be united, and bent over at the top, inthe saine manner as I have just described, and sheets of a greater orless thickness than three-eighths of an inch might be employed ifdesired.

The guard-plates G and II may be of (1g) one-eighth inch thick sheetiron, so as to be easily worked.

Having thus described my invention, I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent-- 1. The railroad-rail joiner, composed of thedouble-{langed plates D and E, of wrought iron, the holt F,

burr y, and guards G and II, all constructed substantially as set forth.

2. The guard II, overlapping a series of two or more projectingbolt-heads,f,.to prevent the bolts F from I working out of their placesin case' of the accidental removal of some 0f the. burrs g.

ROBERT ELLIOTT. Witnesses:

Jenn SHAW, MARY ANN SHAW.

